Competition in Focus
Competition in Focus
Competitionin focus The Supreme Court of India upheld the constitutional validity of the
Aadhaar scheme on September 26, 2018 but imposed some
restrictions on its use. The Supreme' Court observed
that Aadhaar was meant to help the benefits reach the marginalised sections of society. Competitionin focus The bench sdid the scheme takes into account the dignity of people not only from personal but from the
communitypoint of view as well and served the much bigger public interest. As a
follow-up of the Supreme Court verdict, Competitionin focus the UIDAI made it clear in its communication
to telecom services provides that they could no longer ash for Aadhaar number to issue new SIM cards or reverification of
existing ones. The Supreme Court allowed linking of Aadhaar with
Permanent Account 'Number' (PAN), Competition in focus
which is mandatory for filing of income tax return (ITR). In other words, the
court upheld the legality of Section 139AA
of the Income-tax Act. The court
upheld the 139AA even as it struck
down a number of other provisions
related to Aadhaar and its usage.The
Competition in focus A'adhaar verdict was announced -by a
five-judge constitution bench comprising
Chief Justice Dipak Misra, Justice AK
Sikri, Justice AM Khanwilkar, Competitionin focus Justice DY
Chandrachud and Justice Ashok Bhushan by a 4
: 1 majority.In his concurring decision, Justice Competition in focusBhushan clarified that the antral government had given sufficient reasons
to uphold Section 7 of Aadhaar Act, which deals with grant of subsidies and
welfare benefits (for 430 'Nana of state and central government). Competition in focus
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